Pom Pom Infinity Scarf

There is just something that happens after the Winter holiday. It starts when we finish taking down our last Christmas decoration, and seems to last through the first few weeks of January. The kids are dragging their feet as they are forced to wake up early again, and getting back into a routine can be tough on some of us (at least it is for me). The house that felt so warm and full of Christmas cheer a month ago, suddenly seems barren and cold. They don’t call it the Winter doldrums for nothing!

Well, I am fighting it this year with all of my might. Where Christmas decorations came down, ‘winter’ decorations went up. My front porch will not be barren until Spring, but will continue to bring warmth and cheer to those who care to look. And as for me? I will wear COLOR. (Even if grey and white are still my faves to wear – ha! I will simply accessorize with HAPPY.)

I am choosing JOY.

(More on choosing joy below, for anyone who cares to read!)

POM POM FLEECE INFINITY SCARF

How to sew a pom pom neck warmer, with free pattern instructions

Pom Pom Neck Warmer DIY

Skill level – Beginner

Time needed – 20 – 45 minutes

MATERIALS:

3/4 yard pom pom trim

3/4 yard fleece fabric (with stretch)

Coordinating thread

Fabric scissors / rotary cutter

Universal regular point needle 90/14

Basic sewing essentials

PATTERN:

Adult –

Cut (1) 34″W x 26″L from fleece

Child –

Cut (1) 22″W x 16″L from fleece

INSTRUCTIONS:

Cut fabric as instructed in pattern size above.

Along the side edge (length side) of one side edge of the fleece, pin the pom pom trim in place – so that the ribbon pom trim edge is next to the raw edge of the fleece and the poms are facing inwards. Baste stitch in place to secure.

Fold scarf in half, matching up the upper and bottom edges right sides together. Pin and sew.

Reach your arm inside of the fleece tube of fabric, and grab the other end of the scarf. Pull the scarf through the tube towards you, STOPPING WHEN THE EDGES MEET.

Pin the side edges right sides together, matching up the bottom seam. Pin all around, leaving a 5″ opening for turning.

Sew, making sure to leave the 5″ opening.

Slip your hand inside of the 5″ opening, and pull scarf right side out.

Fold the raw edges of the 5″ opening towards the inside of the scarf and pin closed. Sew to secure.

And you are finished!

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Along the side edge (length side) of one side edge of the fleece, pin the pom pom trim in place – so that the ribbon pom trim edge is next to the raw edge of the fleece and the poms are facing inwards. Baste stitch in place to secure.

Fold scarf in half, matching up the upper and bottom edges right sides together. Pin and sew.

Reach your arm inside of the fleece tube of fabric, and grab the other end of the scarf. Pull the scarf through the tube towards you, STOPPING WHEN THE EDGES MEET.

Pin the side edges right sides together, matching up the bottom seam. Pin all around, leaving a 5″ opening for turning.

Sew, making sure to leave the 5″ opening.

Slip your hand inside of the 5″ opening, and pull scarf right side out.

Fold the raw edges of the 5″ opening towards the inside of the scarf and pin closed. Sew to secure.

And you are finished! For more thorough photo instructions, please visit: https://www.mesewcrazy.com/2017/01/pom-pom-infinity-scarf.html

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More on choosing joy…

Now please do not get me wrong, it is a fight sometimes. A fight to choose happy.

I know that when we read blog posts, we tend to only see a 1 second flash of someone life. They are smiling, they just made something that looks awesome, and they had enough hours in the day to put a blog post together to somehow teach others how to do it.

THIS IS FAKE PEOPLE!!! No, not the pom pom scarf. That is 100% real and awesome. I highly recommend making one if you can find time in between cleaning up baby poop and trying to scrimp together tonight’s dinner. But the photos, the life is so easy for me that ‘I CHOOSE JOY!!!!’, it is a sentiment.

We all struggle. We all have days where we are tired, or wish we hadn’t snapped at our kids for the 10th time, or even days when we don’t like our husbands and wonder how we married them in the first place! Most of us go through winter doldrums too – and I can only speak of myself when I say I am TRYING. I am trying to be better, I am trying to not let depression take over on days when my energy just feels zapped. I am trying to choose joy. It’s a battle of the mind, and the best way I know how to combat it is in the little victories. The victory of choosing to get up, of choosing to get dressed and do my hair and make up so that I feel better, of choosing to plan out a meal that night, and of choosing to plan a date night before it feels like I need one. It might seem like from a glimpse at these photos that sure – she’s got it all together. She is choosing joy (insert sarcastic voice). I don’t, and I have a sneaking suspicion that none of us do. But what we can control is if we want to try.

At the end of the day, that’s all we can really do. TRY. Some days we will fall over, and some days we will feel victorious. But 2017 for me will be the year of JOY. The year in which I choose to strive for the best, to be better than I was before, and to keep learning and improving. To walk in His light, even when all I feel is darkness around me. I am trying to choose the thoughts I allow to stay with me, and the ones that I need to tell to take a hike. And I am choosing to try to bring JOY TO OTHERS AROUND ME.

I want to do better at giving gifts, ones from the heart- not just store bought. I want to do better at making people around me smile, I want to be a better friend / sister / mother / wife. So I guess that is where these fun-fulled neon – bright – happy – rainbow DIY posts are coming from. A place of saying, let’s do this together. LET’S CHOOSE JOY THIS YEAR.

Let’s say, that no matter what happens in life, (and let’s face it, life can truly suck sometimes), I will not let it keep me down. Sure I might get knocked down for a second, a minute, a day, a week, or even a month, but I will get back up and choose to live on my own terms. I have freewill over my thoughts, and what I allow to come into my mind and in my heart – I have freewill over how I will react to these things, and I choose to keep hope, joy, and love alive. And I will trust that He has got my back in all things, and will try not to pick up the rest of that nonsense.

So no, you don’t need a pom pom infinity scarf or to choose joy. But it sure does help! Lol, at least it helps me when I look down and see all of those cute little rainbow poms :).

About Jess

When I was a young girl, my nickname was Jessica Rabbit. Fast forward 20 years, and I am married to the love of my life who, as fate would have it, has the last name Abbott. That's me! Jessica R. Abbott - aka, Jess Rabbit. Simply living a happy, yet crazy, love-filled life in Virginia Beach with 3 kids and 1 puppy in tow. Read More…

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Comments

That looks lovely AND comfy! I love the use of grey fleece and multicolor pompoms. My daughter is invited to friend’s birthday party next week…I know what I’ll be sewing as a present (if I can find pompom trim in France…always a struggle to find cute trims and some notions!).

Oddly enough, I ordered it on Amazon over the holidays. Kind of random, but it was super cute rainbow pom pom trim after all 🙂 🙂 :). http://amzn.to/2iM67qL (affiliate link, but you don’t have to use the link if you don’t want to – and can simply search rainbow pom pom trim!)

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When I was a young girl, my nickname was Jessica Rabbit. Fast forward 20 years, and I am married to the love of my life who, as fate would have it, has the last name Abbott. That's me! Jessica R Abbott - aka, Jess Rabbit. Read More…